Summer has been slow for input…Beers did well with bus-chassis B-21 and B22 in 1947 for both
busses as removal-lorries. Mind Deudekom from Amsterdam
Herewith the front page of an original instruction-book, a rare document!
An example of the Beers “Handyvan” from 1950. This chassis had an interior for
a dentist and the body was made by De Graaff in Zevenhuizen.
And the second part due to file-sizes
Note: by 1961 in total 5.000 Scania-Vabis-chassis were sold in Holland and Belgium since both
companies (Beers and Denonville) started to import this Swedish marque.
More stuff from the sixties later
The Beers’ company had clear eye for developments and transportation needs. After Scania-Vabis
was renamed in 1969 after the merger with Saab a welcome attempt was made to support the in-
creasing volumes for container-transport. Together with company HULO (van Huet) from Pannerden
in Holland, and known for their brickhandling-equipment, Beers engineered a container-trailer that
enabled the driver for more direct curves of steering.
Herewith some pages from the Scania-brochure. In "the book ‘Scania Today’ there is also info on it.
Hulo were clearly a very innovative engineering outfit. I knew about their brick trailer cranes but hadn’t connected them with these steerable trailers. I can sense a Hulo thread floating over the horizon 
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Just like mother-company Scania had their own house-magazine “VIA” also Beers had a magazine. Since
1967 “PK4” was published by Beers, later Scania Nederland. Though in Dutch, some milestones were in
the 1980 magazine…Beers’ first year and in 1949 followed by Denonville in Brussels. Also the import
of Volkswagen got some attention and many years later, today, Volkswagen owns Scania and M.A.N.
As sais, the article in “PK4” deals with the transfer from Scania-Vabis towards Saab-Scania in 1969.
ERF-Continental:
An example of the Beers “Handyvan” from 1950. This chassis had an interior for
a dentist and the body was made by De Graaff in Zevenhuizen.
Bumped for the SCANIA-VABIS LV-thread
ERF-Continental:
An example of the Beers “Handyvan” from 1950. This chassis had an interior for
a dentist and the body was made by De Graaff in Zevenhuizen.
Bear in mind that the closed van is NOT a Scania-Vabis but a in-house designed Beers-chassis, and the same
goes with the (see page 1) bus with a similar grille…Beers-people were smart business-men